1. What is the size of pipe to carry 1 m 3/s at an average velocity of 2 m/s?

2. What is the flow rate of water, in lpm, in a 0.20 m diameter pipe if the average velocity of flow
is 1.5 m/s? If the pipe’s diameter is reduced to 0.10 m at another section, what is the velocity
of flow in that section?
3. A pipe hose should deliver at least 1200 lpm. If the nozzle has a diameter of 30 mm, what is
the velocity of the issuing jet?
4. A pump delivering 0.227 m3/s of water has a 30.48 cm diameter suction flange and a 25.4 cm
diameter discharge flange. The suction pipe is 4 m long and the discharge pipe is 23 m long.
The water is delivered to a reservoir 16 m above the intake water level. Neglecting turbulence
losses in the pipe, determine the following:
a) Pump head
b) Pump theoretical power
c) Pump brake power if the pump efficiency is 85% (Assume a friction factor of 0.002 for
cast iron pipe.)
5. A pump delivering 31.5 lps of water has a 40.64 cm diameter suction pipe and 35.56 cm
diameter discharge pipe. The suction vacuum gauge that is 8 cm below the pump centerline
reads 127 mm of mercury below atmospheric pressure. The discharge gauge that is 46 cm
above the pump centerline reads 73.14 kPa. What is the head of the pump? Determine the
pump brake power if the pump efficiency is 82%.
6. It is desired to pump 1000 gallons per hour of gasoline (SG=0.85) from the bottom of a
storage tank at ground level to the top of a fractionating 27.5 m high. The total length of pipe
(actual + equivalent lengths of valves and fittings) is 38.5 m. The pipeline is a 5.08 cm in
diameter standard steel pipe. Calculate the size of motor needed, if the efficiency of the pump
and drive is assumed to be 60%. Assume a friction factor of 0.022 for standard steel pipe.
7. One thousand gallons of benzol are to be pumped per hour through a 3.175 cm steel pipe to
the top of a reaction tower. The equivalent length of the line, including pump, is 305 m and
the pipe outlet is 15.5 m above the level of the benzol in the supply tank. The temperature is
21 C; the specific gravity of benzol is 0.88. The pump is a directly connected electrical
centrifugal with an overall efficiency of 60%. Calculate the size of the motor driving the pump.
Assume a friction factor of 0.02.
8. Water is pumped from a reservoir to a tank with a lift of 6 m. The suction pipe which connects
the reservoir to the pump is 30.48 cm in diameter and 8 m long. The discharge pipe which
connects the pump to the tank is 25.4 cm in diameter and 137 m long. Both pipe may be
classified as clean, smooth, cast iron pipes. The suction pipe projects into the reservoir and
the discharge pipe projects into the tank. The efficiency of the pump is 60%. Considering all
losses, calculate the horsepower required to operate the pump discharge 85 lps into the
tank.
9. A pump that delivers 320 lps of oil (SG=0.90) has a 400 mm diameter suction pipe and a 35
cm diameter discharge pipe. The suction vacuum gauge located 10 cm below the pump
centerline reads 125 mmHg. The discharge gauge which is 48 cm above the pump center line
reads 75 kPa. Determine the pump power if the pump efficiency is 79%.
10. A pump draws water (SG=0.985) from a reservoir A and lifts it to reservoir B, with a static
suction lift of 8 and a static discharge head of 25. The diameter of the suction pipe is 15.24
cm and the diameter of discharge pipe is 4 inches. The total head loss from A to B is 25% of
the total dynamic head (TDH), and the head loss at the discharge side of the pump is 90% of
the total head loss. The pump capacity is 100 lps. Determine the following:
a) Pump brake power if the efficiency is 78%
b) Reading of the pressure gauge installed at the suction side of the pump
c) Reading of the pressure gauge installed at the discharge side of the pump
11. A pump draws water from reservoir A and lifts it to reservoir B as shown in the figure below.
The loss of head from A to 1 is three times the velocity head in the 15.24-cm pipe and loss
of head from 2 to B is 20 times the velocity head in the 101.6-mm pipe. Compute the brake
power of the pump if the efficiency is 82% and the pressure heads at points 1 and 2 when
the discharge is a) 12.6 lps, and b) 38 lps.
12. The plan is to pump 1.05 lps of gasoline (SG = 0.85) from the bottom of one tank to the top
of another. The level in the inlet tank is 1.2 m above the pump centerline and the level in the
discharge tank is 29.5 m above the pump centerline. The inlet-pipe diameter equals the
discharge-pip diameter of 5.08 cm. The total length of the steel pipe is 38 m. If the pump
efficiency is 80%, what is the required power output of the motor?
13. A double suction, single stage, centrifugal pump delivers 900 m 3/hr of sea water (SG = 1.03)
from a source where the water level varies 2 m from high tide to low tide level. The pump
centerline is located 2.6 m above the surface of the water at high tide level. The pump
discharges into a surface condenser, 3 m above the pump centerline. Loss of head due to
friction in the suction pipe is 0.8 m and that in the discharge side is 3m. Pump is directly
coupled to a 1750 rpm, 460 volts, 3 phase, 60 Hz. Calculate the following:
a) Total suction head, m
b) Total discharge head, m
c) Total dynamic head of the pump, m
d) Theoretical pump power
e) Pump brake power if the pump efficiency is 82%
14. What is the flow rate of water in lpm in a 0.3-m diameter pipe if the average velocity of flow
is 1.5 m/s? If the pipe’s diameter is decreased to 0.10 m in another section, what is the
velocity of flow in that section?
15. Water from the reservoir is pumped over a hill through a pipe 900 mm in diameter and a
pressure of 1 kg/cm2 is maintained at the pipe discharge where the pipe is 85 m from the
pump centerline. Pump has a static suction head of 5 m. The pump capacity is 1 500 liters
per second. Friction losses are equivalent to 3 m of head loss. Determine the following:
a) Total dynamic head (TDH)
b) Waterpower
c) Pump brake power if the efficiency is 82%